Key Stage 3 English

NI Key Stage 3 English Year 8 Pupil’s Book

Geography Pathways Year 8 Pupil's book

Course Information:

The only course specifically written for the revised Key Stage 3 Northern Ireland curriculum for English from 2007.

NI Key Stage 3 English has been written to support pupils and teachers working to meet the requirements of the revised curriculum for Northern Ireland.

Pupil’s Books

  • Offer clear structure of differentiated study and progression throughout Key Stage 3 to meet the needs of pupils as they improve their skills in studying and using the English language
  • Aim to motivate young learners by offering culturally relevant stimuli and materials expertly devised around current thinking and good practice
  • Promote the development of Literacy Skills
  • Are written by Northern Ireland advisers and practising teachers
  • Highlight Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities
  • The aims and objectives of the revised curriculum have been adopted throughout
  • The units of work provide a range of texts, tasks and activities which can challenge and extend the knowledge, understanding and skills of language learners
  • Texts have been selected to include spoken, illustrated, moving image and multi-media materials, as well as the conventional printed text
  • Pupils are encouraged to see the purposes and audiences for language, and the differences between the genre and form of texts
  • Opportunities have been created to investigate how new technologies can act as a powerful medium for communication and a useful tool for creating new texts, presenting ideas and carrying out research

Authors:

Kate O'Hanlon, series editor, (English Adviser for SELB), Maura Johnston (Advisory Teacher SELB), Jennifer Magowan (Advisory Teacher SELB), Noreen Doran, Vanessa Goucher, Assistant Advisory Officer, BELB.

Teacher’s Resources:

Teacher’s Resources are available on this website for each year’s Pupil's Book, giving chapter-by-chapter guidance on the series. They provide an integrated course package to support those new to the revised Northern Ireland curriculum, and non-specialists.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Learning Intentions for English
  • Features of the book
  • Unit 1 You and your language
  • Unit 2 Our environment
  • Unit 3 Rhyme and reason
  • Unit 4 The reader's point of view
  • Unit 5 Reader's Theatre
  • Unit 6 Using the plot
  • Unit 7 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • Unit 8 Reading images

Sample Material:

Download PDF document here Sample Page 1 (1.56mb)

 

KS3 English for Northern Ireland Year 8 Pupil’s Book    978 0 340 87684 8    £9.99    168pp